embarrassing. i would continue, if i were selected for this and appointed to the body, i would continue

>> this is a massive undertaking. one silver lining of the lawsuit

is that we can get the system turn ceo ready. turnkey ready. we have to get ready for when the funding is released. this oversight committee has a tremendous amount of work do in getting us there and i'm more than willing to do that work and bring this to the table. if i'm appointed, i will be listening to everyone of all strifes. we need to ensure a work product that is what san francisco represents. thank you for your consideration. any questions? >> i'm jennifer. i don't have any questions, but i just wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for your 25 years of tremendous hard work and advocacy in this field. you're one of my heroes and you're someone i look to on a

regular basis as and i want to thank you because you amaze me everyday. >> thank you. the admiration is mutual. >> thank you. >> next we have chanelle williams but she texted me that she is home desperately ill and she was planning to be here and is very much excited and willing to serve and would be here if she could. is alice chu here? yes, come on up.

>> good morning. everyone. i can't believe i'm speaking after jennifer. [ laughter ] >> this is so not fair. [ laughter ] >> because, mind, come on, seriously. but good morning, supervisors. can i just see who is here? >> so i'm the chair and right in front of you, hilary ronan and then i'm facing you and to my left is supervisor gordon mar and then shamar walton. >> i know supervisor ronan and mar know me from my work but i can say a little more if you want. this is a little scarry speaking after her. i'm still processing what she says. it's wonderful. i have been an advocate, kind of working in the domestic violence

and sexual assault field in the past 20 years. mostly working with people in domestic violence shelters and people who are facing homelessness because of violence. right now i'm the program manager of the hope center and we're part of the san francisco safe house. the hope center is centered in the tenderloin where there's a lot of stuff going on, as it is for a big part of the city. i like to be able to offer myself on the committee because i really see the need to support in a different way, a different aspect. i've been sort of like a background person for a long, long time and i feel this is an opportunity for me to step up, to do this work. didn't i am privileged to be a person with a disability and i see the disadvantage, either a physical or mental disability to

be homeless. as we home 20 minutes ago, i'm a rent control renter and i know what i face is significant as a renter with disabilities, you know. i have lower income compared to people with other disabilities and i'm a woman of colour. so i just think that those are my qualifications and that's my thinking. there's a lot of qualified people who are applying for this seat. i was reading it before i come here and i would really, really hope that, you know, any of us who are qualified to be able to serve on the seat and i will be so happy. jennifer is great. i've been watching her and she's my neighbor. a lot of people, william, who couldn't be here. and anybody who could serve, i would love it, with all of the qualified people. but if i could have that chance,

i would be more than happy to give of myself to do this work. anybody have any questions? i'm so nervous. [ laughter ] >> you're all do such a great job. no reason to be nervous. are there any questions? no, it was perfect, thank you so much. >> and next is charelle jackson. >> i know it's just passed thanksgiving so happy thanksgiving. i've been doing any soul-food cooking. i have a fasters degree in political science, public policy and i have a bachelor's degree in psych and sociology and i

work for connor house, a nonprofit organization. we serve mental health and substance abuse as well as supportive housing, as well as i work on the health and safety committee and i work on the budget committee for connor house. and so i'm here today to get a chance to serve on the committee for our city, our home. and i think it's really important to serve on a committee that's doing a lot and i think that what i have to offer, day in and day out, services the people that i do service, it means so much to me. i think we're serving them in so many ways and to be quite honest, when i see the sort of situations they're in and what i

can do, i can do much more at a larger capacity by sitting in a seat. and i see those peach day and i know their storie stories. i know i can be a voice. that's why i'm here today. i know you have the information about my background but what i'm here to talk about is what i can do for them and i know i can make an impact and i know i'm serious and i hope you can see that, as well, so thank you so much and if you have any questions. >> any questions? no. thank you so much. appreciate this. and then julie ledbetter was unable to make it but sent a letter to the committee. and so i will now open up this item for public comment. if you would like to speak on any of the items, please line up to your right.

good morning. >> i'm with the community housing partnership and i just want to point out that it would be an incredible misstep to not appoint both jenny and julie. i've had the pleasure of working with them for decades now and i find their steeped in the issues of homelessness and also have an incredible compassion and a great moral compass when it comes to these issue. they have both workd with organizations that really understand the systems around homeless services and are very, very bright, passionate, incredible people that need to be at the table. jennifer, in particular, because of the constituency, she represents, she works with

homeless folks on streets and in the shelters and the organization's approach is about listening to them and having them be a part of the leadership and part of the decision-making and so for that reason alone, i think it's important to have her have a seat here, but i just have no reservations. as a matter of fact, highly, highly recommend both jennifer and julie and i think that they would be tremendous, tremendous assets. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> good morning. i'm mary kay representing compass family. we're so grateful to jenny for

her partnership. she's a phenomenal leader. i did want to say how instrumental her leadership is in moving policy, increasing resources and improving systems to a better place for everybody, in particular for marginalized communities. jennifer's advocacy is so social to moving this to a place where families can get in the door and get immediate access to shelter when people are pregnant and changing those policies and so we highly endorse jenny for this appointment. thank you. >> i'm brian edwards. that was so worth it to watch jenny speak about herself. i wanted to run up here and go,, no, you don't have to do that. there's probably no one i've learned more from about san

francisco and how it actually works than jenny. there's no one who has been more patient and better about making sense of that and i've seen how she moves policy through city hall. i've seen how she crafts policy and how she can build coalitions and i can't think of anyone better. it could be a travesty and you didn't appoint jenny to this. there's a couple of homeless people in san francisco who have stuff going on but they wanted to speak on jenny's behalf. she's jenny fin' freidenbach, appoint this woman. [ laughter ] >> i'm here because of jennifer. i mean, honestly. when i heard this was happening this morning, i wanted to be here because i can't imagine

this moving forward without her seated as one of the members of this committee. you know you're in the presence of someone you'll learn from and spending time around you, you gain experience and knowledge and patience and it's been great having the opportunity to work with her. it really has. i know that she is absolutely the right person for this. if you really want the best result, the best outcome and we all do, then she must be on this committee. so i know you're going to do the right thing and thank you for your time and i'll see you soon. >> hi supervisors. i'm sam lu. i was the campaign manager for

our home prophecy and i've loving this love fest for jenny. we love you so much. folks before me have said so many of the wonderful things jenny has done executiv and i wo voice support for julia ledbe ledbetter and julie who has been a powerful advocate, particularly for unhoused mothers and young people experiencing homelessness. julia is amazing and you should seat her. thank you so much. [ laughter ] >> is there any other member of the public who wishes to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> supervisor walton? i wanted to be the first to say this is the one part of my job that i do not like because we

have six qualified candidates that are obviously dedicated and committed to this work. but we can only choose four and so, if we do not make an appointment for you today, i would just say please continue to stay encouraged. please continue to serve this population and folks who need us in san francisco, there will be other appointments. there will be other opportunities to serve and i really appreciate everyone who submitted an application and your commitment and your service. because this work is important. but understand that we do have a difficult task sometimes of having more qualified people than we have seats. >> supervisor mar. >> i just wanted to thank all of the applicants for your willingness to step up to this incredibly important role on the committee for our city, our home funding. and thank you for all of the work that all of you have done

for so many years. it's truly impressive and inspiring and yeah, i would sort of echo supervisor walton's comments about the challenge of selecting from such great candidates or applicants and specifically, i wanted to encourage ellis chu and chanelle jackson to apply for the seats the mayor has to appoint for our committee. and hopefully, you guys will be able to serve through a mayoral appointment.

seat number two, chanelle williams and seat four julie ledbetter, seat six julie. >> thank you for that motion and i would make a different motion but this is an absolutely impossible process. i've never seen a listing of six more qualifiemore qualified. i think i'll just make this easy and second that motion. but i do personally want to work with alison, then, who would be in my motion with the mayor's

office to get appointed because i think we need you both on this body. and so, i will be reaching out today to kanishka who is the staffer in the mayor's office to see if we can make that happen. because i believe we need all six of your expertise on this extremely important committee. and so with that, i'm happy to second that motion, which isn't necessary. if we can take it without objection, that motion passes. >> thank you. you want to confirm, miss williams in seat two, julie ledbetter to seat four, and to a in seat six. >> thank you so much.

thank you. and mr. clerk, can you please read item number 4. >> item 4, appointing two members term ending september 6, 2024. >> thank you so much. and i wanted to see injeffrey morris and eugene bia are here today. good morning. >> i'm jeff morris and it's always interesting to learn about other important issues before the city and i'm here to seek reappointment that oversees downtown districts and properties. we adjudicate assessed value disputes between the asses asses office and property owners. i retiredded from a 35-career

with a firm called black rock ad i wanted to get more involved in civic affairs and i had lunch with an old friend of mine. i've been on that board a few terms and i'm here to seek your reappointment. >> i've had a chance to assimilate the board of equalization guidance, the assessor handbook and i've worked closely with don durand, representatives of carmen chu's office, city attorneys that have come before us and it's sustained my interest and i have a lot of interest and experienr most of our meetings. there's another go-round of

assessed values with the giants and their ballpark. so that's helped me to sustain my interest to ask your reappointment to the board for another fle three years and i wd be happy to respond to questions or comments. >> i don't have any. thank you so much for your willingness to serve again. >> i'm seeking reappointment to board one, of the assessment appeal's board. you may or may not have seen my credentials but very briefly, graduating in accounting finance and cpa firm and i am a cpa, state of california and i've been working in the real estate industry since the late '60s, 40 years here in san francisco.

and i've been serving on the assessment appeal's board, which has been a very unique experience because it has called upon my experience and commercial properties, hotels, retail and including residential and i've served with jeff on a number ofs hearings and we have, i think, an excellent group of board members. there's a great balance of appraisers and cpas and real estate professionals. so i really have nothing else to say, figure you've seen my information and like jeff, if you have any questions me, i'm here to answer them. >> thank you so much for your service. >> thank you very much. >> we will now open this item up for public comment. any member of the public wish to seek? speak? seeing none, public comment is

closed. thank you both for your service and willingness to continue to serve in this role and with that, i will make a motion to reappoint jeffrey morris and eugenevala. mr. morris to seat one and mr. vala to seat four and without objection, that motion passes. can you please read 5. >> we appoint three members, and one member to amendment appeal's board number two. >> thank you so much and is john lee here? good morning. >> good morning, supervisors.

i'm john lee and i grew up in san francisco, attended public schools and i was fortunate enough to go to uc berkley and ucla for a masters in business and real estate. i served for two terms already so i'm seeking reappointment no thareappointment tothat positio. i bring my knowledge of san francisco. i grew up here. i have been selling real estate for 30 years and i live next to sunset 4. what i found aboard that's interesting in my last two terms is that the argument about price based on statistics. property owners would make arguments on what they know about the property and i'm trying to put the two together and, basically, understand where they're coming from and they're

understanding of value. i come from a unique position of evaluating prompt properties ev. on the outside of the street, you don't have the parking and someone is blocking access to your property. and so that's what i bring to the board and to my fellow commissioners. i've enjoyed my time there and i hope i got reappointed. any questions? >> no. thank you for your willingness to serve. is mervin conlin here and yosef sends regrets. he is in surgery, but would love to continue to serve. i will open this up for comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. is there a motion? i move that we reappoint john lee, mervin conlin, and yosef to

appointment assessment board number two. >> without objection, that motions passes. >> john lee to seat two, conlin to seat three and yosef to seat four. >> correct. >> thank you much. thank you for your willingness to serve again. and mr. clerk, can you read item number 6. >> a hearing appointing three members, ending september 5t tos board three. >> is shawn rigile here? >> thank you waiting to the bitter end. very kind of you. >> sure. >> good morning, supervisors. this would be my third term as commission on the assessment appeal's board and during my last term, i believe i was able

to provide additional assistance to the board by serving on different types of matters. i found these casing to be interesting from a factual standpoint but there were legal issue, particularly in the hotels where the issue of intangibles comes up and those matters are subject to quite a bit of legal interpretation. i welcome the opportunity to

serve again and i thank you all for your time. >> thank you tor your willingnesthank you tor your fo, thank you for your patience. good afternoon now. >> i've been an appraiser for 19 years and 15 years in san francisco and i've been on the board, this will be my second term. that's about it. i'm quiet. any questions? >> thank you for your willing to serve. open up for public comment and seeing none, public comment is closed and i will make a motion to move forward with positive recommendation to the full board, mr. regille to seat one

and mr. reynolds to seat two and without objection, that passes. have a great rest of your day. and mr. clerk, is there any further business before us? >> that completes the agenda for today. >> that completes the agenda for today. >> thank you, we are adjourned.

>> hi. my name is carmen chiu, san francisco's elected assessor. when i meet with seniors in the community, they're thinking about the future. some want to down size or move to a new neighborhood that's closer to family, but they also worry that making such a change will increase their property taxes. that's why i want to share with you a property tax saving program called proposition 60. so how does this work? prop 60 was passed in 1986 to allow seniors who are 55 years and older to keep their prop 13 value, even when they move into a new home. under prop 13 law, property growth is limited to 2% growth

a year. but when ownership changes the law requires that we reassess the value to new market value. compared to your existing home, which was benefited from the -- which has benefited from the prop 13 growth limit on taxable value, the new limit on the replacement home would likely be higher. that's where prop 60 comes in. prop 60 recognizes that seniors on fixed income may not be able to afford higher taxes so it allows them to carryover their existing prop 13 value to their new home which means seniors can continue to pay their prop 13 tax values as if they had never moved. remember, the prop 60 is a one time tax benefit, and the property value must be equal to or below around your replacement home. if you plan to purchase your

new home before selling your existing home, please make sure that your new home is at the same price or cheaper than your existing home. this means that if your existing home is worth $1 million in market value, your new home must be $1 million or below. if you're looking to purchase and sell within a year, were you nur home must not be at a value that is worth more than 105% of your exist egging home. which means if you sell your old home for $1 million, and you buy a home within one year, your new home should not be worth more than $1.15 million. if you sell your existing home at $1 million and buy a replacement between year one and two, it should be no more

than $1.1 million. know that your ability to participate in this program expires after two years. you will not be able to receive prop 60 tax benefits if you cannot make the purchase within two years. so benefit from this tax savings program, you have to apply. just download the prop 60 form from our website and submit it to our office. for more, visit our website, sfassessor.org, >> working with kids, they keep you young. they keep you on your tones -- on your toes. >> teaching them, at the same time, us learning from them, everything is fulfilling. >> ready? go. [♪]

>> we really wanted to find a way to support women entrepreneurs in particular in san francisco. it was very important for the mayor, as well as the safety support the dreams that people want to realize, and provide them with an opportunity to receive funding to support improvements for their business so they could grow and thrive in their neighborhoods and in their industry. >> three, two, one! >> because i am one of the consultants for two nonprofits here for entrepreneurship, i knew about the grand through the renaissance entrepreneur center, and through the small business development center. i thought they were going to be perfect candidate because of their strong values in the community. they really give back to the neighborhood. they are from this neighborhood, and they care about the kids in the community here. >> when molly -- molly first

told us about the grant because she works with small businesses. she has been a tremendous help for us here. she brought us to the attention of the grand just because a lot of things here were outdated, and need to be up-to-date and redone totally. >> hands in front. recite the creed. >> my oldest is jt, he is seven, and my youngest is ryan, he is almost six. it instills discipline and the boys, but they show a lot of care. we think it is great. the moves are fantastic. the women both are great teachers. >> what is the next one? >> my son goes to fd k. he has been attending for about two years now. they also have a summer program, and last summer was our first year participating in it.

they took the kids everywhere around san francisco. this year, owner talking about placing them in summer camps, all he wanted to do was spend the entire summer with them. >> he has strong women in his life, so he really appreciates it. i think that carries through and i appreciate the fact that there are more strong women in the world like that. >> i met d'andrea 25 years ago, and we met through our interest in karate. our professor started on cortland years ago, so we grew up here at this location, we out -- he outgrew the space and he moved ten years later. he decided to reopen this location after he moved. initially, i came back to say, hey, because it might have been 15 years since i even put on a uniform. my business partner was here basically by herself, and the person she was supposed to run the studio with said great, you

are here, i started new -- nursing school so you can take over. and she said wait, that is not what i am here for i was by myself before -- for a month before she came through. she was technically here as a secretary, but we insisted, just put on the uniform, and help her teach. i was struggling a little bit. and she has been here. one thing led to another and now we are co-owners. you think a lot more about safety after having children and i wanted to not live in fear so much, and so i just took advantage of the opportunity, and i found it very powerful to hit something, to get some relief, but also having the knowledge one you might be in a situation of how to take care of yourself. >> the self-defence class is a new thing that we are doing. we started with a group of women last year as a trial run to see

how it felt. there's a difference between self-defence and doing a karate class. we didn't want them to do an actual karate class. we wanted to learn the fundamentals of how to defend yourself versus, you know, going through all the forms and techniques that we teaching a karate class and how to break that down. then i was approached by my old high school. one -- once a semester, the kids get to pick an extra curricular activity to take outside of the school walls. my old biology teacher is now the principle. she approached us into doing a self-defence class. the girls have been really proactive and really sweet. they step out of of the comfort zone, but they have been willing to step out and that hasn't been any pushback. it is really great. >> it is respect. you have to learn it. when we first came in, they knew us as those girls. they didn't know who we were. finally, we came enough for them to realize, okay, they are in

the business now. it took a while for us to gain that respect from our peers, our male peers. >> since receiving the grant, it has ignited us even more, and put a fire underneath our butts even more. >> we were doing our summer camp and we are in a movie theatre, and we just finished watching a film and she stepped out to receive a phone call. she came in and she screamed, hey, we got the grant. and i said what? >> martial arts is a passion for us. it is passion driven. there are days where we are dead tired and the kids come and they have the biggest smiles on their faces and it is contagious. >> we have been operating this program for a little over a year all women entrepreneurs. it is an extraordinary benefit for us. we have had the mayor's office investing in our program so we can continue doing this work. it has been so impactful across a diversity of communities throughout the city.

>> we hope that we are making some type of impact in these kids' lives outside of just learning karate. having self-confidence, having discipline, learning to know when it's okay to stand up for yourself versus you just being a bully in school. these are the values we want the kids to take away from this. not just, i learned how to kick and i learned how to punch. we want the kids to have more values when they walk outside of these doors. >> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their business in the 49 square files of san francisco. we help san francisco remain unique, successful and right vi. so where will you shop and dine in the 49?

>> i'm one of three owners here in san francisco and we provide mostly live music entertainment and we have food, the type of food that we have a mexican food and it's not a big menu, but we did it with love. like ribeye tacos and quesadillas and fries. for latinos, it brings families together and if we can bring that family to your business, you're gold. tonight we have russelling for e community. >> we have a ten-person limb elimination match. we have a full-size ring with barside food and drink. we ended up getting wrestling here with puoillo del mar.

we're hope og get families to join us. we've done a drag queen bingo and we're trying to be a diverse kind of club, trying different things. this is a great part of town and there's a bunch of shops, a variety of stores and ethnic restaurants. there's a popular little shop that all of the kids like to hanhang out at. we have a great breakfast spot call brick fast at tiffanies. some of the older businesses are refurbished and newer businesses are coming in and it's exciting. >> we even have our own brewery for fdr, ferment, drink repeat. it's in the san francisco garden district and four beautiful muellermixer ura alsomurals. >> it's important to shop local because it's kind of like a

circle of life, if you will. we hire local people. local people spend their money at our businesses and those local mean that wor people willr money as well. i hope people shop locally. [ ♪ ] >> hi today we have a special edition of building san francisco, stay safe, what we are going to be talking about san francisco's earth quakes, what you can do before an earthquake in your home, to be ready and after an earthquake to make sure that you are comfortable staying at home, while the city recovers. ♪ >> the next episode of stay

safe, we have alicia johnson from san francisco's department of emergency management. hi, alicia thanks to coming >> it is a pleasure to be here with you. >> i wonder if you could tell us what you think people can do to get ready for what we know is a coming earthquake in san francisco. >> well, one of the most things that people can do is to make sure that you have a plan to communicate with people who live both in and out of state. having an out of state contact, to call, text or post on your social network is really important and being able to know how you are going to communicate with your friends, and family who live near you, where you might meet them if your home is uninhab hitable. >> how long do you think that it will be before things are restored to normal in san francisco. >> it depends on the severity of the earthquake, we say to provide for 72 hours tha, is three days, and it helps to know that you might be without services for up to a week or

more, depending on how heavy the shaking is and how many after shocks we have. >> what kind of neighborhood and community involvement might you want to have before an earthquake to make sure that you are going to able to have the support that you need. >> it is important to have a good relationship with your neighbors and your community. go to those community events, shop at local businesses, have a reciprocal relationship with them so that you know how to take care of yourself and who you can rely on and who can take care of you. it is important to have a battery-operated radio in your home so that you can keep track of what is happening in the community around and how you can communicate with other people. >> one of the things that seems important is to have access to your important documents. >> yes, it is important to have copies of those and also stored them remotely. so a title to a home, a passport, a driver's license, any type of medical records

that you need need, back those up or put them on a remote drive or store them on the cloud, the same is true with any vital information on your computer. back that up and have that on a cloud in case your hard drive does not work any more. >> in your home you should be prepared as well. >> absolutely. >> let's take a look at the kinds of things that you might want to have in your home. >> we have no water, what are we going to do about water? >> it is important for have extra water in your house, you want to have bottled water or a five gallon container of water able to use on a regular basis, both for bathing and cooking as well as for drinking. >> we have this big container and also in people's homes they have a hot water heater. >> absolutely, if you clean your hot water heater out regularly you can use that for showering, drinking and bathing as well >> what other things do people need to have aren't their home. >> it is important to have extra every day items buy a

couple extra cans of can food that you can eat without any preparation. >> here is a giant can of green giant canned corn. and this, a manual can opener, your electric can opener will not be working not only to have one but to know where to find it in your kitchen. >> yes. >> so in addition to canned goods, we are going to have fresh food and you have to preserve that and i know that we have an ice chest. >> having an ice chest on hand is really important because your refrigerator will not be working right away. it is important to have somebody else that can store cold foods so something that you might be able to take with you if you have to leave your home. >> and here, this is my very own personal emergency supply box for my house. >> i hope that you have an alternative one at home. >> oh, i forgot. >> and in this is really important, you should have flashlights that have batteries, fresh batteries or hand crank flashlight.

>> i have them right here. >> good. excellent. that is great. additionally, you are going to want to have candles a whistle, possibly a compass as well. markers if you want to label things if you need to, to people that you are safe in your home or that you have left your home. >> i am okay and i will meet you at... >> exactly. exactly. water proof matches are a great thing to have as well. >> we have matches here. and my spare glasses. >> and your spare glasses. >> if you have medication, you should keep it with you or have access to it. if it needs to be refrigerated make sure that it is in your ice box. >> inside, just to point out for you, we have spare batteries. >> very important. >> we have a little first aid kit. >> and lots of different kinds of batteries. and another spare flashlight. >> so, alicia what else can we do to prepare our homes for an

earthquake so we don't have damage? >> one of the most important things that you can do is to secure your valuable and breakable items. make sure that your tv is strapped down to your entertainment cabinet or wall so it does not move. also important is to make sure that your book case is secure to the wall so that it does not fall over and your valuable and breakables do not break on the ground. becoming prepared is not that difficult. taking care of your home, making sure that you have a few extra every-day items on hand helps to make the difference. >> that contributes dramatically to the way that the city as a whole can recover. >> absolutely. >> if you are able to control your own environment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more resilient city. >> we are all proud of living in san francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. >> so, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i appreciate it. >> absolutely, it is my pleasure. >> and thank you for joining us

on another edition of building >> my name tom hewitt. first of all, i would like to welcome everyone to come to this fair. this safety fair, we trying to educate the public regarding how to prepare themselves during and after the earthquake and then to protect themselves for next 72 hours. >> hi. my name's ed sweeney. i'm the director of services at department of building inspection, and we put together a great fair for the city of san francisco to come down and meet all the experts. we've got engineers, architects. we have builders, we have

government agencies. >> well, we have four specific workshops. we have the accessible business entrance. >> my name is leah, and i am the assistant manager with the department of small business. i am leading the new accessibility ordinance that helps existing owners better comply with existing access laws. so all buildings that have places of public accommodation in san francisco, they must comply with this ordinance. >> the a.d.e. was setup by the board of supervisors, and the ordinance was passed about a year ago. >> one of the biggest updates that we have is that the deadlines were extended, so all of the deadlines were extended by six months. >> and it's really to help the

public, the business community to be specific, to cut down on the amount of drive by lawsuits. >> so on this workshop, we're going to be covering what the compliance looks like, what business examiand property owne need to know how to comply with the ordinance. we'll also talk about the departments that are involved, including the office of small business, department of building inspection, planning department, as well as the mayor's office on disability. >> hi. i'm marselle, and i manage a team at the building department. today, we'll cover the meaning of a.d.u.s, more commonly known as accessory dwelling units. we'll talk about the code and permitting processes, and we'll also talk about legalizing

existing dwelling units that are currently unwarranted. >> this is the department of building inspection's residential remodelling workshop. my name is senior electrical inspector cheryl rose, and at this workshop, we're going to be answering questions such as do i need an electrical permit when i'm upgrading my dwelling, when do i need to have planning involved in a residential remodel, and what's involved with the coerce process? we're going to also be reviewing inspection process, and the permitting process for residential remodel in san francisco. there's always questions that need answers. it's a mystery to the general public what goes on in construction, and the more we can clarify the process, the more involved the consumer can be and feel comfortable with the contractors they're working with and the product they're getting in the results. if you have questions that aren't addressed in this

workshop, you're always welcome to come up to the third floor of 1660 mission street, and we're happy to discuss it with you and find out what you need to do. >> the program is very successful. the last piece is already 60% in compliance. >> well, we have a very important day coming up. it's sept 15. last four has to be compliance, which means that the level four people that have to register with us and give us a basic indication of how they're going to deal with their seismic issues on their building. >> i'm francis zamora, and i'm with the san francisco department of emergency management, and today we talked about how to prepare for emergencies in san francisco. and so that's really

importantiimportant. in san francisco, it's no secret. we live in earthquake country. there's a big chance we will be involved in a major earthquake in the next 30 years, but we don't have to be afraid. these are going to be your first responders outside of the police officers, paramedics, first responders, these are going to be the people that come to your aid first. by getting to know your neighbors, you're going to know who needs help and who can help in case of an emergency. one of the great ways to do that is for signing7for nert, san francisco neighborhood emergency response team. it teaches you how to take care of yourself, your loved ones, and your neighborhood in the case of an emergency. information is just as important as water and food in an emergency. san francisco has an emergency text message alert system, called text sf. if there's some kind of an

emergency happening in san francisco or your neighborhood, it could be a police action, a big fire, a tsunami or an earthquake. all you have to do is text your citizenship code to 888777, and your mobile phone is automatically registered for alert sf. >> my name is fernando juarez, and i'm a fire captain with the san francisco fire department. we have a hire extinguisher training system. you want to pull the pin, stand at least 8 feet away, aim it at the base. if you're too close, the conical laser that comes out, it's too small, and the fire won't go out on the screen.

if you step back, the conical shape on the screen is bigger, and it will take the fire go out faster. so it can tell when you're too close. >> my name is alicia wu, and i'm the director of a san francisco based nonprofit. since 2015, we go out to the public, to the community and provide training in different topics. today we're doing c.p.r., controlling external feeding and how to do perfect communications in each topic, and also, i hope that they can bring it home and start gathering all the supplies for themselves to. >> on any given day in san francisco, we're very well resourced in terms of public safety professionals, but we all know in the event of a large

scale disaster, it will be hours and days before the public safety professionals can get to you, so we encourage people to have that plan in place, be proactive. there's websites. we have a wonderful website called 72hours.org. it tells you how to prepare yourself, your family, your pets, your home, your workplace. we can't emphasize enough how >> good morning. today is wednesday,